AWS Insights
Author: David Selby
David Selby is the Director of AWS Global Connectivity Infrastructure Development (GCID). David leads a global team responsible for all connectivity between AWS locations (data centers, edge sites) and between AWS and the public internet.
Building resilience: Inside AWS’s nine million kilometers of fiber-optic cabling
A hidden network of fiber-optic cables keeps the world connected. When you send an email across continents or stream a video from another country, that data travels through physical infrastructure underground and under the sea. These cables—many no bigger than a garden hose—are part of the physical foundation of the internet that billions depend on […]